Thank you Takshanuk Watershed Council for bringing Gregg K. Erickson to Haines so that the community could hear about the potential economic impacts of a large-scale mine upstream of Haines, Klukwan and the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. Gregg’s list of qualifications is impressive; his career researching the economics of mining in Alaska spans over five decades. That is why I was initially surprised to find that the Chilkat Valley Mining Forum Committee had twice turned…